Joseph+A.+Harter

Mary Strugnall, age 17, died in early January, 1929 from an abortion performed that day by Dr. Joseph A. Harter. Harter was held by the coroner. His brother, a student named Irving Harter, and Vernon Keyser, the baby's father, were arrested as accessories. Dr. Harter was indicted for homicide, but was acquitted in June.